America’s shale gas industry has been a huge asset to the American industry as a whole in previous years. Just at a glance, the industry has created hundreds of thousands of jobs and been responsible for producing affordable, much-needed gas. According to a report published recently by the International Energy Agency (IEA), a strong case…
India’s economy – which was thought to be on the path to speedy economic growth – appears to be experiencing anything but. The countries recent GDP figures are the worst in 9 years, and an economic comeback at this point seems unlikely. Expectations for growth over the next couple of years will probably slip further,…
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How do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course! Curator and rare book scholar William Noel believes museums should make their collections free and available on the internet. In this fascinating TED Talk, Noel shares the intriguing story behind…
“Lean Six Sigma Must Be a Waste of Energy” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society – Published in Lean Management Journal in May 2012. Download PDF
The original idea behind the birth of 3D printing was being able to create one-off prototypes. However, as the technology improves, more items are being printed as final products (a process known as additive manufacturing). As there are extremely few economies of scale in this technology is ideally suited to low-volume production. Now, freed of…
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Social science researcher Michael Norton spends his time dedicated to learning more about how we feel about what we buy and spend. In this universally applicable TED Talk Cambridge, Norton refutes the age-old saying “money can’t buy happiness”. Only, he throws in a twist. In his research, Norton has discovered that it is indeed possible…
